<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.24.5"> </HEAD> <BODY> In /usr/local/nagios/etc/objects I have created a new asterisk.cfg : [root@nagios objects]# ls -al -rw-r--r-- 1 nagios nagios 1483 Oct 31 12:03 asterisk.cfg -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 7714 Oct 30 19:30 commands.cfg -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 2166 Oct 30 19:30 contacts.cfg -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 5403 Oct 30 19:30 localhost.cfg -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 3124 Oct 30 19:30 printer.cfg -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 3293 Oct 30 19:30 switch.cfg -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 10812 Oct 30 19:30 templates.cfg -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 3209 Oct 30 19:30 timeperiods.cfg -rw-rw-r-- 1 nagios nagios 4019 Oct 30 19:30 windows.cfg In /usr/local/nagios/etc/nagios.cfg I have added : # You can specify individual object config files as shown below: cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/commands.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/contacts.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/timeperiods.cfg cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/templates.cfg # Definitions for monitoring the local (Linux) host cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/localhost.cfg # Definitions for monitoring the Hosted Asterisk server cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/asterisk.cfg # Definitions for monitoring a Windows machine #cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/windows.cfg # Definitions for monitoring a router/switch #cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/switch.cfg # Definitions for monitoring a network printer #cfg_file=/usr/local/nagios/etc/objects/printer.cfg The asterisk.cfg contains the following : # Define a host for Hosted Asterisk define host{ use linux-server ; Name of host template to use ; This host definition will inherit all variables that are defined ; in (or inherited by) the linux-server host template definition. host_name asterisk alias Hosted Asterisk address ip_address max_check_attempts 3 check_period 24x7 contact_groups admins notification_interval 30 notification_period 24x7 } ############################################################################### ############################################################################### # # SERVICE DEFINITIONS # ############################################################################### ############################################################################### define service{ host_name asterisk service_description Root Partition max_check_attempts 5 check_interval 5 retry_interval 3 check_period 24x7 contact_groups admins check_command check_nrpe!check_disk } But I always get the config error : [root@nagios objects]# service nagios reload Running configuration check... CONFIG ERROR! Reload aborted. Check your Nagios configuration. Could someone tell me why ?! According to the Nagios documentation (http://nagios.sourceforge.net/docs/3_0/objectdefinitions.html) I have all the necessary fields filled in. Jonas. </BODY> </HTML>